Glenn Cunningham (New Jersey)

Glenn Dale Cunningham (16 September 1943-25 May 2004) was Mayor of Jersey City from 1 July 2001 to 25 May 2004, succeeding Bret Schundler and preceding L. Harvey Smith.

Biography
Glenn Dale Cunningham served in the US Marine Corps before working as a Jersey City policeman for 25 years, and he served on the Hudson County Board of Freeholders as a Democrat. From 2001 to 2004, he served as Mayor of Jersey City, its first African-American mayor. From January to May 2004, he was also a State Senator, and he died of a heart attack while still in office.